Monday, 2 December 2013

Books to Look Forward to from Cornerstone

Jack
Morgan investigates the disappearance of the biggest superstar couple in
Hollywood. Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect
children. They may be two of the biggest movie stars in the world, but they're
also great parents, philanthropists and just all-round good people. When they
disappear without a word from their ranch, facts are hard to find. They live
behind such a high wall of security and image control that even world-renowned
investigator Jack Morgan can't get to the truth. But as Jack keeps probing,
secrets sprout thick and fast - and the world's golden couple may emerge as
hiding behind a world of desperation and deception that the wildest reality
show couldn't begin to unveil. Murder is only the opening scene.Private
L.A is by James Patterson with Mark Sullivan and is due to be published in
January 2014.

Exposure is by Kathy Reichs with Brendan Reichs and is due to
be published in March 2014.Morris
Island has barely had a chance to return to normality after the high profile
trial of the Gamemaster, when two local students seem to vanish into thin air.
Tory Brennan and the Virals pack move quickly in their attempts to discover
what has happened to their twin classmates. But the pack's canine powers are
growing wilder, and it is becoming ever harder to conceal the secret which
protects them. When Tory and her friends find evidence of blood in the
students' basement, they realise that the disappearance is no game. But in
order to save the twins, the Virals must risk the exposure of their powers, and
in doing so put even their own lives in terrible danger.

Meet
Detective Max Wolfe. Insomniac. Dog lover. Coffee addict. Boxer. Orphan.
Devoted husband of a brutally departed wife. Single parent. Defender of the
weak, avenger of slaughtered parents and every murderer’s worst nightmare.There’s a serial killer on the loose. He cuts
throats. And he is good at it.Twenty
years ago seven rich, privileged students became friends at their exclusive
private school, Potter’s Field, founded five hundred years ago by King Henry
VIII. Suddenly they have started dying in the most violent way imaginable…Detective Max Wolfe follows the bloody trail
from the backstreets and bright lights of the city all the way to the corner
rooms in the corridors of power. At enormous personal cost, what Wolfe uncovers
is a horrific secret that has been buried for two decades - and is now ready to
explode.The Murder Bag is by Tony Parsons and is due to be published in May
2014.

NYPD
Red hunts a terrifying killer who wants more than blood--he wants to send a
message.When NYPD Red arrives at a
crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors of the rich,
famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New
York City's most high-profile crimes. And Detective Zach Jordan is the best of
the best, a brilliant and relentless pursuer of justice. He puts professionalism
above all, ignoring his feelings for his partner, Detective Kylie McDonald, the
woman who broke his heart when they first met in the academy.But even with their top-notch training, Zach
and Kylie aren't prepared for what they see when they're called to a crime
scene in the heart of Central Park. They arrive to find a carousel spinning
round and round, its painted horses grinning eerily in the early morning dark.
There is only one rider: a brutally slaughtered woman, her body tied up and
dressed in a Hazmat suit, on display for the world to see.The victim, a woman of vast wealth and even
greater connections, is the fourth in a string of shocking murders that have
hit the city. As the public pressure mounts, and political and personal secrets
of the highest order hang in the balance, Zach and Kylie must find out what's
really behind the murderer's rampage. But Kylie has been acting strange
recently--and Zach knows whatever she's hiding could threaten the biggest case
of their careers.NYPD Red 2 is by James Patterson and is due to be published in June
2014.

A Wolf in Hindelheim is by Jenny Mayhew and is due to be published in March
2014.South-West Germany, 1926. The
disappearance of a baby girl calls for Constable Theodore Hildebrandt and his
son Klaus to visit the remote village of Hindelheim, a place where nothing ever
happens. But the news of the missing baby has brought darkness to the
community. It is as if someone or something wicked is playing a game. As the
wind blows and the mist thickens, tensions rise amongst the villagers as
everyone falls under suspicion. And when the rumours begin and secrets start to
unravel, the quiet village of Hindelheim is set to change for ever.

By Its Cover is the twenty-third instalment in Donna Leon's
bestselling crime series, where Commissario Brunetti is better than ever as he
addresses questions of worth and value alongside his ever-faithful team of
Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra. When several valuable antiquarian
books go missing from a prestigious library in the heart of Venice, Commissario
Brunetti is immediately called to the scene. The staff suspect an American
researcher has stolen them, but for Brunetti something doesn't quite add up.
Taking on the case, the Commissario begins to seek information about some of
the library's regulars, such as the ex-priest Franchini, a passionate reader of
ancient Christian literature, and Contessa Morosini-Albani, the library's chief
donor, and comes to the conclusion that the thief could not have acted alone.
However, when Franchini is found murdered in his home, the case takes a more
sinister turn and soon Brunetti finds himself submerged in the dark secrets of
the black market of antiquarian books. Alongside
his ever-faithful team of Ispettore Vianello and Signorina Elettra, he delves
into the pages of Franchini's past and into the mind of a book thief in order
to uncover the terrible truth.By Its Cover is due to be published in April
2014.

How
far would you go for your family, for love, for survival, for revenge.In the winter of 1897, a trio of killers
descends upon an isolated farm in upstate New York.Elspeth Howell returns home to find her
family brutally murdered. The only survivor is her twelve year-old son who witnessed
it all.Wounded, frightened and with retribution
in their hearts, mother and son set out into the frozen wilderness to track
down the red-scarfed men who killed their loved ones in cold blood.Their journey leads them to a rough-hewn
settlement on the edge of ice-filled Lake Erie, a merciless place where
violence abounds.Here, forced into a
brutal adulthood, Caleb begins to discover the truth about his mother he could
never have anticipated and Elspeth must finally confront the terrible urges
that envelop her.All the while the
memory of Caleb’s brothers and sisters presses him onwards.The
Kept is the debut novel by James Scott and is due to be published in
February 2014.

Jawbone Lake is by Ray Robinson and is due to be published in
January 2014.Ravenstor, the Peak
District. The early hours of New Year's Day. A young woman stands on the shore
of a frozen lake and watches a Land Rover crash off a bridge and through the
ice. Two hundred miles away, a young man is woken by a devastating telephone
call. The accident, and what it brings to the surface, will change both of
their lives forever. The driver of the Land Rover was CJ Arms, a successful
local businessman and pillar of the small community. The young man is his son,
Joe, who returns from London to comfort his mother and to search for clues as
to the causes of the crash. What he finds will take him from the desolate tors
of the Peaks to the foothills of southern Spain, and to a group of ex-pats from
CJ's past with many secrets to hide. The woman on the lakeshore is Rabbit, a
factory-worker struggling to recover from the sudden death of her son. Pursued
by an unknown figure, Rabbit is spun from a cycle of grief and longing into one
of fear. Seeking shelter at work, Rabbit finds that she can't hide for long.
What Rabbit saw that night will draw her, and Joe, towards a shocking act of
violence. Jawbone Lake is both a
heart-stopping literary thriller, and a moving meditation on family,
generational divide and the dangers of living a double life. Alive with the
lyrical evocation of landscape that is Robinson's forte, it is an astonishing
new work of fiction from one of our finest writers.

Christmas
time. Mistletoe and wine. The season of domestics, religion, adultery, drugs,
hangovers, alcohol, parties, fights, unwanted gifts, football matches and good
fucking will to all men. And that's just one tour of duty on a TSG van. Ugly
Bus is five cops. Martin. Flub. Dullas. Vince. And good old brain-dead Thrush.
Specialist Territorial Support Group officers working a late shift on Boxing
Day. Martin Finch is the new sergeant on the group: young, idealistic,
following in his late father's footsteps and desperate to make a difference.
Unfortunately the old sweat coppers he's now working alongside have other
plans...What begins as a routine shift policing a football match rapidly
descends into chaos, and Martin is faced with the question: just how far would
you go to fit in? The answer will change the lives of everyone on the Ugly Bus
- and the life of a young woman drawn into their orbit - forever. Always
remember: what happens on the van, stays on the van.Ugly
Bus is by Mike Thomas and is due to
be published in March 2014.

Five
years previously, nineteen-year-old Simon Hawkeswell hung himself at his family
home. He had had the perfect life, and seemed to have the perfect future ahead
of him. As the years pass, the reasons behind his death remain a mystery.
Present day, and Simon's parents and his local community remain haunted by his
death and by the spate of 'sympathetic' suicides among teenagers in the area
that followed. But this is all over now - or is it: a question that becomes
particularly relevant when a young homeless man is killed in a freak motorbike
accident, and the authorities find a suicide note in his belongings. Can this
be the beginning of more suicides? Detective Inspector Lorraine Fisher has just
arrived to stay with her sister in rural Warwickshire. The atmosphere within
the house is tense and edgy: Lorraine's sister Jo is having an extra-marital
affair, and her teenage son, Freddie, seems troubled and uncommunicative. A
second homeless lad takes his own life, this time on the railway tracks outside
the village. And when Freddie disappears, Lorraine knows she must act quickly
if she's to ascertain whether the teenage deaths are suicide - or murder. And
if she's to find Freddie, before it's too late...Before
You Die is by Samantha Hayes and is due to be published in April 2014.

Stay Alive is by Simon Kernick and is due to be published in
January 2014.One Witness - You're on a trip with your family, miles from
anywhere. A shot rings out - and your whole life changes in an instant. One Secret - A woman is racing towards
you, chased by three gunmen. Although you don't know it, she harbours a deadly
secret. She's in terrible danger. And now you are too. No Escape - You're
running, terrified, desperate to find safety. You know that the men hunting you
have killed before. And if they catch you, you'll be next…

When
two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge,
Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic
accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It
definitely wasn't the crash that killed these people. While Lindsay starts to
piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn't expecting. Sightings of
her ex-colleague-turned-ruthless-killer Mackie Morales have been reported. Wanted
for three murders, Mackie has been in hiding since she escaped from custody. But
now she's ready to return to San Francisco and pay a visit to some old friends.Unlucky
13 is by James Patterson with Maxine Paetro and is due to be published in
March 2014.

Thirty
years ago, the Miners' Strike threatened to tear the country apart, turning
neighbour against neighbour, husband against wife, father against son - enmities
which smoulder still. Resnick, recently made up to inspector, and ambivalent at
best about some of the police tactics, had run an information gathering unit at
the heart of the dispute. Now, in virtual retirement, and still grieving over
the violent death of his former partner, the discovery of the body of a young
woman who disappeared during the Strike brings Resnick back to the front line
to assist in the investigation into the woman's murder - forcing him to
confront his past in what will assuredly be his last case.Darkness,
Darkness is the final Charlie Resnick novelby John Harvey and is due to be published in May 2014.

Falling is the debut novel by Emma Kavanagh and is due to be
published in March 2014.Aplane falls
out of the sky. A woman is murdered. Four people all have something to hide. Jim
is a retired police officer, and worried father. His beloved daughter has
disappeared and he knows something is wrong. Tom has woken up to discover that
his wife was on the plane and must break the news to their only son.Cecilia had packed up and left her family.
Now she has survived a tragedy, and sees no way out. Freya is struggling to
cope with the loss of her father. But as she delves into his past, she may not
like what she finds.'Before the plane
crash, after the plane crash, such a short amount of time for the world to turn
on its head. '

Show MoreFebruary,
1460: in the bitter dawn of a winter's morning a young nun is caught outside
her priory walls by a corrupt knight and his vicious retinue. In the fight that
follows, she is rescued by a young monk and the knight is defeated. But the
consequences are far-reaching, and Thomas and Katherine are expelled from their
religious Orders and forced to flee across a land caught in the throes of one
of the most savage and bloody civil wars in history: the Wars of the Roses.
Their flight will take them across the Narrow Sea to Calais where Thomas picks
up his warbow, and trains alongside the Yorkist forces. Katherine, now dressed
as a man, hones her talents for observation and healing both on and off the
fields of battle. And all around them, friends and enemies fight and die as the
future Yorkist monarch, Edward, Earl of March, and his adviser the Earl of
Warwick, later to become known as the Kingmaker, prepare to do bloody battle.
Encompassing the battles of Northampton, Mortimer's Cross and finally the great
slaughter of Towton, this is war as experienced not by the highborn nobles of
the land but by ordinary men and women who do their best just to stay alive.Kingmaker:
Winter Pilgrims is by Toby Clements and is due to be published by April
2014.

The
Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot
out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring.
Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers -
drunk and high on whatever's on offer - bet on the outcome. Jarhead is a
desperate man who'd do just about anything to feed his children. He's also the
toughest fighter in southeastern Kentucky, and he's convinced that his ticket
to a better life is one last fight with a cash prize so big it'll solve all his
problems. Meanwhile, there's Chainsaw Angus - an undefeated master fighter who
isn't too keen on getting his face punched anymore, so he and his sister, Liz,
have started cooking meth. And they get in deep. So deep that Liz wants it all
for herself, and she might just be ready to kill her brother for it. As we
travel through the backwoods on the way to the Donnybrook, we meet a cast of
nasty, ruined characters driven to all sorts of evil, all in the name of
getting their fix - drugs, violence, sex, money, honour.Donny-Brook
is by Frank Bill and is due to be publishedin March 2014.